Best Places to Tie the Knot

If you are considering a destination wedding, these are our top picks for the most discerning couples.

Fiji
Featured in “The Blue Lagoon”, this picture-perfect country in the South Pacific is one of those where you can legally marry.
Your ceremony can take place on an isolated beach, in a jungle chapel or a hidden corner of the forest with a waterfall as a backdrop or even on a yacht.

As newly-weds, you can spend all days on a mile-long beach or have a helicopter / seaplane tour, explore vibrant coral reefs, go surfing, sailing or island-hopping. From a sunrise on horseback to romantic dinners under the Milky Way – your honeymoon will be full of special moments.

Fiji has a variety of top-of-the-range resorts. One of those is COMO Laucala Island with only 25 villas on the beach, over the water, in the rainforest and atop the hill. The resort features its own airstrip for private planes and an 18-hole golf course flanked by the ocean, a
classic yacht, Dragon-class boats and other sailing craft.

There’s also an award-winning VOMO Island Fiji with a 9-hole golf course, a floodlit tennis court and huge residences, available for private hire. This year the resort introduces Trilogy by VOMO four-bedroom (900 sq. m) residences on Denarau Island exactly for wedding celebrations. And if you prefer complete privacy, we can arrange a serviced villa for you.

Tahiti
Say ‘Tahiti’, and your mind pictures palm-fringed beaches and transparent waters of Tahiti, Moorea and Bora Bora.
The Islands of Tahiti is one of those places where you can legally marry, choosing between a civil ceremony and a traditional Polynesian wedding on the beach. The latter means that the bride arrives in a traditional canoe, a Polynesian priest blesses the couple and pours coconut water on their hands as a sign of purification, then they exchange crowns and garlands of Hibiscus.

To fill your honeymoon with romance, you can have a picnic amid a shallow lagoon with your table standing right in the water, BBQ on the beach and tantalising exotic juices. Then, why not visit a local vineyard or a pearl farm, bask on a pink-sand beach or explore hidden bays and lagoons in a traditional canoe? From underwater safaris to helicopter tours and hiking in  the jungle, your honeymoon can be as active as you wish.

Try the authentic Polynesian massage, for example at Varua Te Ora Polynesian Spa with its unique couple’s treetop pavilion. The spa is part of The Brando private island resort with 35 private villas and a residence. Here you can learn the art of traditional Polynesian song and dance, take a music lesson or have a whale-watching tour (from August to October).

Meanwhile, The St. Regis Bora Bora Resort boasts the largest overwater villas in the South Pacific, even more exquisite thanks to the glass floors through which to admire the ocean.

A perfect honeymoon would include staying at The Royal Estate with a dedicated butler team, outdoor candlelit massages and private treatments in a couple’s room and swimming with fish in a protected underwater sanctuary.

Indonesia
The first destination that comes to mind when we think of Indonesia is Bali. Surreal beauty and rich cultural heritage of the island make it a perfect wedding destination. If a bride and a groom both are Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Christian Protestants or Catholics (officially accepted religions in Indonesia), their marriage is legally binding and recognised worldwide.

Otherwise you can have a beautiful symbolic ceremony and then, at home, proceed with a civil one. As the requirements vary, we advise you to address our managers for details.

Bali offers a wide variety of locations: on the beach, on top of a cliff with spectacular views, in the jungle, over the rice fields. You can choose a luxury hotel or a dedicated villa with spectacular views from exquisite wedding pavilions, pools and lounges perched above the ocean. One of those is AYANA Estate with a variety of indoor and outdoor wedding venues and an impressive range of facilities. For example, you can have a ceremony and reception at Tresna Chapel and a huge celebration in the ballroom for 1000 guests.

One of the most beautiful wedding venues is Four Seasons Resort Bali at Jimbaran Bay.

And if you prefer to marry in Ubud, pay attention to the new Anantara Ubud Bali Resort, set amid lush rice fields and a rainforest, or a sophisticated Bumi Kinar Resort overlooking the majestic Mount Agung.

If you prefer a Maldivian-style wedding, consider the Anambas Archipelago with its exclusive Bawah Reserve. The resort offers more than 50 land and water activities, including romantic cruises, night paddle boarding, diving and sea turtle watching. You can also participate in reef cleaning and restoration, visit batik painting class, marvel at the stars through the telescope, join treasure hunting and Robinson Crusoe adventures, play tennis, learn Indonesian dances and many more.